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UNFREEZE
Definition of UNFREEZE
verb
To defrost something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + freeze.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UNFREEZE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNFREEZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 176, 12 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNFREEZE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEEFNRUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start UNFREE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNFREEZE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 176 - and most players walked straight past it.
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